World ranked super bantamweight Chris Avalos of Lancaster, California will replace injured Jessie Magdaleno of Las Vegas in the main event here Saturday night at the Dr. Pepper Arena in Frisco, Texas. Avalos will face Rey Perez of the Philippines on Top Rank’s Solo Boxeo Tecate – UniMas on Saturday,

– – Sacramento, CA featherweight Guy Robb defeated Edwin Solis in the co-main event of Top Rank card in Southern California broadcast on tape delay on UniMas. Vacaville, CA light heavyweight Ryan Bourland was not as fortunate as he lost to Israel Duffus via first round knockout on the same card.

In main event action, four-time world champion, Brian “The Hawaiian Punch” Viloria (36-4, 21KO) destroyed Omar Soto (23-12-2, 7KO), dropping him three times in the first round with third ending the bout for good. The bout which was a rematch of their bout five years ago , Viloria wins a regional

In an odd main event, Beibut Shumenov (16-2 10KOs) defeated B.J. Flores (31-2-1) to win the vacant WBA cruiserweight title by unanimous decision with all three judges scoring the fight 116-112.     The fight was confusing from the start as Shumenov who is typically a plodding pressure fighter began

IBF, WBO and WBA light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev (28-0-1 25KOs) knocked out Nadjib Mohameddi (37-4 23KOs) in the third round in the Main Event of HBO Boxing telecast from Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, NV. Kovalev outclassed the relatively obscure to American airwaves, Mohameddi, who was out

WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (33-0, 30 KOs) and IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux (34-2, 31 KOs) will meet in a unification showdown between explosive punchers on October 17 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The bout will be broadcast on pay-per-view with the HBO production team serving as

Venue: Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas Time: 8PM EST/ 5PM PST TV: NBCSN Beibut Shumenov 199.4 vs. B.J. Flores 199.6 * (WBA “interim” cruiserweight title) Jordan Shimmell 198.8 vs. Isiah Thomas 198.4 Rico Ramos 126.2 vs. Claudio Marrero 127.8 Andrew Tabiti 196.4 vs. Roberto Santos 204.4 Michael Hunter 200.2

Venue: Florentine Gardens, Hollywood, California TV: UniMas Brian Viloria 112.8 vs. Omar Soto 114.4 Guy Robb 126.2 vs. Edwin Solis 126 William Silva 136.2 vs. Adam Mate 135.4 Abner Lopez 146.8 vs. Daniel Calzada 147 Arnold Barboza 145.6 vs. Lionel Jimenez 149.2 Ryan Bourland 174.4 vs. Israel Duffus 175 Thomas

Network: HBO Time: 10PM EST/7PM PST Venue: Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas, NV Sergey Kovalev 174.5 vs. Nadjib Mohammedi 173 (WBA/IBF/WBO light heavyweight title) Jean Pascal 178 vs. Yunieski Gonzalez 177 Sullivan Barrera 174.5 vs. Hakim Zoulikha 175 Cassius Chaney 238.5 vs. Edward Ramirez 233 Rodney Hernandez 239 vs.

On Saturday’s Premier Boxing Champions on NBCSN event held a final press conference Thursday in advance of their July 25 bouts at The Pearl at Palms Casino Resort. Televised coverage begins at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT and is headlined by former world champion Beibut Shumenov (15-2, 10 KOs) taking